I have a funny story to this whole bridesmaid thing.
When my best friend was getting married, my youngest son was 9 months old was still exclusively breastfeeding. I weighed about 255 pounds (I had lost during pregnancy, but was ballooning back up to 265).
My boobs were HUGE - G cup, with breast feeding.
My BFF and I tried things at David's Bridal while I was out visiting. Nothing, simply nothing would fit or if it did, it still looked horrendous. She was 35 and getting married, I had just turned 36. They were too young for me as well as not good for an unfit fat woman. I was wearing about an 18 at that time (or a 20... around there in street clothes - much bigger in formal wear).
Her other bridesmaid was going to be her sister. She was a 16 in street clothes.
We all lived in different areas, but we scoured the internet for stuff that would be flattering for both of us. We finally found a Jessica McClintick velvet dress that seemed nice (and affordable). She and her sister went to the store in Mall of America to try them on. They sent photos of her sister trying on the dress. The dress only went up to size 14, but they assured me I would fit.
They sent photos of the sister stuffing all kinds of crap in the front of the shirt so show me how stretchy the material was, that I would fit.
Kind of sad, but funny at the same time to be heavy enough to have someone testing if the largest size would be large enough. I ordered one site unseen. It worked and actually, for a bridesmaids dress, it was pretty good.
I still looked enormous, but at lest it was a style that didn't make me feel even worse than I already did. And since it was more of a formalwear dress versus a bridesmaid dress, it was to be used for later as a special occasions dress.
I still have it but now I swim in it. Even with the stretch, it can't shrink enough to fit my now body.
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At 5'2", that's a challenge.
